Peanut Butter Protein Bars

Peanut Butter Protein Bars is a dessert recipe ready in 1 h. It makes 8 servings, each 360 kcal with 16 g protein. Beginner level, 9 ingredients.

Recipe by @piribelly, adapted and measured by Cookpath.

  • 1 htotal
  • Beginnerlevel
  • 360kcal a serving
  • 16 gprotein
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Peanut Butter Protein Bars

What is Peanut Butter Protein Bars

Bars pressed from a thick dough of almond flour, protein powder, peanut butter and maple syrup, with chocolate chips and a melted dark chocolate top.

How to make Peanut Butter Protein Bars

Tips from the cook

  • Mix into a thick dough that holds together when pressed, and add a little more almond flour if it is too sticky.
  • Press the dough very firmly and evenly into the pan, so the bars do not crumble when cut.
  • Let the melted chocolate cool slightly before pouring, so it does not melt the dough.
  • Cut with a warm knife, so the chocolate top does not crack.
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Meal prep and storage

Keep them in the fridge for up to 1 week, or freeze the bars individually.

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Peanut Butter Protein Bars substitutions

Out of something, or cooking around an allergy. Each swap was checked against a source.

Almond flour2 options
  • Sunflower seed flour (sunflower seeds ground fine in a coffee grinder or processor) 1:1 by weight

    Slightly seedy flavour; higher moisture so it needs longer cooking.

  • Gluten-free plain flour blend (use a labelled gluten-free one) use about 80% of the weight (e.g. 2.4 oz for 3 oz almond flour)

    Drier and less rich; not a nut-flour texture.

Vanilla protein powder0 option
    Peanut butter5 options
    • Sunflower seed butter 1:1; page says use interchangeably

      Stronger roasted taste.

    • Pumpkin seed butter 1:1
    • Tahini 1:1 in baking per page; bitterer

      Bitter for some.

      Still contains sesame.

    • Soy nut butter or chickpea butter 1:1

      Soy nut butter carries soy.

      Still contains soy.

    • Cashews (for whole peanuts) 1:1

      Still a nut.

      Still contains tree nuts.

    Chocolate chips2 options
    • Dairy-free chocolate chips or chopped dairy-free dark bar 1:1 by weight

      Still contains soy.

    • Raisins or cocoa nibs use 3/4

      Not sweet.

    Dark chocolate1 option
    • Dairy-free dark chocolate (70%+) 1:1

      Soy lecithin.

      Still contains soy.

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